Luggage carrier



June 16,

E. F. PAwsA-r LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed July s, 1922 FIGLI.

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Patented June 16, 1925'I uNlTED-srAT-Esj EwALDl n. rAwsA'r,

or sHniaoYGAN,` wiscoNsIN, Assrenon'` To WALD MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY,or SHEBOYGAN,y WISCONSIN;

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

applicati@ aledfJuiy 8,1922. serial No. 573,663.

`To.` all whom tfmag/ cm1/cem.' 7- Y Beit known that I, EWAILD' F.PAWsA'r, a citizen of the.-UnitedStates,residing at Sheboygan, countyof. Sheboygan and State offWisconsin, have invented new and useful AImprovements in* Luggage Carriers,` of

and will fold compa-ctly.

which the following is a speciiication.

This,v invention. relates i to improvements 'in luggage .carriersot thetype adapted to be clam ed to a vehicle runing board to retain articeslof luggage thereon.L

It is the object of this invention to produce a luggage-carrierof` thelazy tong type whichcan be easily and cheaply manufactured, ,and .whichwill lbereadily operative lMore particularly, it is the object of thisinvention to-produce aluggage vcarrier have ing a body portion ofthelazy tong `type and standards 'for the ends of the carrier which can.`each be., made economically `from` fiat :Liend supports in rearelevation.

materi'alrand are nevertheless so shaped as` to-permit of a sliding andhinged connection to the body of thedevice.'

In thedrawings: .y f y l Fig.v 1 is a side elevation of aV luggagecarrier embodying `this inventionas it appears vappliedto a vehiclerunning board.

Fig. 2 1s a front end. elevation of the same. Fim?) is a detail viewshowing one of the Fig- :4 is'y a detail View yshowing one of thesesupports in horizontalsection takenlon they liney 4--4 ofy FigureE andillustrating the modeof attachment of the body' of the,

l luggage .carrier thereto.

Fig. 5 `is a ViewV on a reduced scale illustrating the appearance ofthisimproved lug narily desired that suchv luggage carriers the vehicle.

Vmade round in cross section. made clear 1n Flg. t wherein anintermeshallbe collapsible and thatthey may readily be vextended to anydesired length within a wide range at the time of attachment to In'manufacturing a luggage carrierV of this type, I prefer to use the Vwellknown lazy tong body shown at 11, wherein a plurality of bars `12 and 13are Vpivyotally connected `intermediate ofv their endsv by rivetsorbolts 14, and at their ends by simi lar rivets 15` and16,1espectively. Obvicusly, the number of .bars so connected may bemultiplified indefinitely. The mode of construction of this typeofluggage carrier-,.1

body is well known and it is not thought to need further description.

Ordinarily, in addition to the sup i ports hereinafter to be described,the .body 11 is provided with a central support for means of attachmentto the running board preferably comprises` a U-shaped clamping element18 with which a set screw 17 is' This U-shapedj element is rlveted or`otherwise secured to in4 threaded engagement.

the memberlS which is 4connected rto theluggage carrier body 11vintermediate of its ,7o I 10. This central supportis very simple andends by a rivet or bolt 16` similar to the l rivets 16,but elongated forthe purposeor securing to the body of the carrier the memloer 18. This`central clamping device is preferablyA the same .as the central clampwhich has been fully disclosed inmy co; pending application executedJune 5, 1922.

At each end ot the body 11 of the luggage carriely. is an upright 19wliiclrprovides' .Y

support for the device. These uprights are preferably made from a.single piece of Vscrap iron or a correspondingly formed strip of othermetal. Intermediate the end's of the upright portion, its side margins20 and 21 are bent rearwardly and brought together in-the manner shown-in Fig. v3, whereby the intermediateportion ot the upright is diateportion of the upright 19 is shown -in cross section. The upperextremityv 22 of the upright is not rounded in this manner, but isallowed to remain flat asan anchorage It is ordi-f Vbe described. Uponeither side of the fiat for the bracing element 23 hereinafter to `Thisfact isf margins are made to comprise marginal' flanges 31 andv 32' fromeither side of the flat portions 33 and 34 which constitute the two legsof the L-shaped element 27.' It will be vunderstood that the entirestructure illustrated in Fig. 3 including the flat, upper extremity 22and rounded body portion of the upright 19,'together with thechannelled, L-shaped element 27 at the lower end of the upright, is madeof a single strip of metal bent to the desired shape by a simpleprocess. The resulting structure is at once light and strong, beingreenforced` throughout its length either by the rolled intermediateportion or by the flanges at either end.

For the purpose of clamping the uprights to the running board 10, Iprovide a U- Ashaped clamp 35 havingone elongated arm 3G adapted to restupon the upper surface of the running board. The shorter arm 37 of theclamp is provided with a clamping bolt or setscrew 3S arranged to engagethe lower side of the running board. The two arms 36 and 37 are sospaced apart by the intermediate portion SSof the clamp as to fitcloselybetween the shoulders 29 and 30 of the uprightvand the lower leg` 234 ofthe L-shaped element at the end thereof. The intermediate portion 38 ofthe clamp is secured by a rivet or bolt S9 to the upper leg 33 of theL-shaped element 27 and is confined between the fianges 31 and 32 of theupper leg. The arm 37 of the clamp contacts with the lower leg 34 of theL-shaped element and is similarly confined by the marginal flanges 31and 32 thereof. As

previously stated, the clamp is securedv against upward movementrelative to the upright by the fact that it abuts against shoulders 29and 30 thereof. i

A brace 23 is preferably secured by a rivet or other desired securingmeans to the extremity of the elongated arm 8G of the clamp and extendsupwardly and then horizontally to the upper extremity 22 of the uprightto which it is secured by a rivet 40 or like means. 'The brace 2S) may,in turn, be braced or made rigid by an intermediate brace 41 attachedthereto and to the arm. 3G of the vclamp in the manner Clearly shown inFig. 2. f

The margins 20 and 21 of thev lt will be obvious from a scrutiny of Fig.

2 that the end support for the body 11 of rigid and strong support witha correspondingly secure mounting upon the running board. The clamp 35is reenforced against the spreading of its arms 36 and 3i' by thepeculiar structure of the upright 19 and ybrace 23. Similarly rtheupright is strengthcned by its association with the clamp and the brace,and the brace,'in turn, is rendered more serviceable in its function ofsecuring luggage against longitudinal movement upon the running board bymeans of its peculiar mounting at the upper end of the upright and'bymeans of the adequate reenforcementgiven it by the clamp.

For attaching the body 11 of the luggage carrier to the uprights ateither end thereof, I prefer to use anintegral collar and link unit,such as is shown at 41 in Figs. 1 and 4. Similar units vare used tosecure the free ends of each of the bars 12 and 153 at the ends of thebody 1l. Each unit includ-es a pair of spaced arms 42 and 43 connectedadjacent their ends by a rivet or bolt 44. Between said arms an integralportion of the unit is bent to form an annulus or collar 45 of a sizeadapted to receive theminterme'diate rounded portions of the uprights19. The axis of the collar or annulus 45 is preferably disposed whollyat one sidel of arms 42 and 43'in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 4 inorder to facilitate the folding of the luggage carrier for v storage.

' None of the collars 45 are securedfagainst axial movement upon therounded portions of their respective uprights 19. Due, however, to thefact that the rivets 44 are located at a considerable distance from theaxis of the collars, a considerable moment is developed which tendsto'cause the collars to bind upon the uprights upon some occasions. Tothe end, therefore, that this binding may not interfere with the readyopening and closing of the luggage carrier. I prefer to provide in theupper extremities of the bars 12 and 13 at the ends of the carrier body,elongated slots 46 through which pass the rivets or pins 44 whichconnect arms 42 and 43 of the link and collar units 41. A sliding andpivotal connection is therebyV estai'ilished which allows the bars 12and 13 of the entire body 11 of the carrier to move naturally and freelywhen the carrier body is opened and closed.

To operate the luggage carrier, the body portion will first be expandedto the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1. The upper extremities ofthe links 12 and 13 at the pins S44 and kwill pivotabout said pinssufficiently to assumeth'eir yangular Vpositionl as shown.. Similarly,in wllapsing'the body portions, v'the upperfextremities of these 'barswill have their Yp'votal andsliding movement on' pins 44.. Q

With the body of the device collapsed, the end structures, including theupright 19, clamp 35, and the bracingelements 23 and 41, may be foldedover the body in the manner shown in Fig. 5.` This folding oper ation isfacilitated bythe fact that the collar 45 which comprises a part of theattaching unit 41 is 'offset from the remainder of the unit, therebypositioning the entire body atthe outside of the end structure Vandenabling these structures to be folded inwardly against the body. Thefolding operation is further facilitated byA the fact that the collars45 are unsecured upon the rounded intermediate portions of uprights 19and by the fact that said intermediate portions are rounded for` adistanceV greater than kthe maximum'separation of the two collars 45 ateach end of the device. Thus, even with these collars at their maximumseparation, it is possible to slide either of the upright structuresaxially through the set of collars threaded thereon and thereby tovdisplace one of the end structures relative Vto the other in a. mannerenabling them to be folded together without interference in the mannershown in Fig. 5. This particular device is best folded by extending thebracing elements 23 and elongated clamp arms 36 of one end structurebetween the corresponding members of the other structure, as shown. f v

I claim:

In a luggagecarrier provided with a collapsible lazy tong body composedof pivotally connected bars, an upright provided with flat portionsadjacent its extremities and tubularly rounded intermediate said flatportions, a collar threaded upon the tubularly rounded intermediate partof the upright, arms projecting laterally from the collar and spacedapart to receive one of said bars, and a pin connectingsaid arms, thebar received between said arms being slotted to receive the pin.

2. In a luggage carrier provided with a collapsible lazy tong bodyincluding a plurality of pivotally connected bars, an end support"comprising anV upright provided with flat portions adjacent its end andwith an intermediate tubular portion, a pair of collars threaded uponsaid tubular portion,

spaced arms projecting laterally from said collars and adapted toreceive between them the free ends of bars of the body, and pinsconnecting the spaced arms of each collar,

one of the body bars being apertured to re- Y ceve one of said pins andanother of the of said' pins. i

3. 'A luggage .carrier end structure including anupright provided withan intermediate portion ybent to 'tubular form, a flanged flat elementat the upperextremity of the upright, a marginally flanged v attachingmember associated with the lower extremity of the upright, a U-shapedclamping device provided with an elongated arm and disposed within saidattaching member confined between the' marginal flanges thereof, meansfor securing the clamping device to the attaching member at a singlepoint and adapted to cooperate with said marginal flanges in rigidlypositioning the attaching member relative to the clamping device, and abrace connecting the elongated arm of the clamping device with the flatelement at the y bars being slotted vto receive the other upperextremity of the upright and confined between the flanges of saidelement.

4. A 'luggage carrier including a collapsible lazy tong body provided atits ends with apertured bars, uprights at the ends of the bodycomprising flat pieces of metal having intermediate portions of theirmargins bent arcuately in. transverse section, whereby ,to provideintermediate rounded portions and flat extremities, clamping devicesadapted to engage ar vehicle running board and secured respectively tothe said extremities of said uprights, collar and link units slidablyand rotatably associated with the uprights and pivotally connected tothe apertured bars at the bottom of the body, and similar units slidablyand rotatably associated with the uprights and pivotally and slidablyconnected with others 'of the apertured bars at the upper end of thebody.

` 5. A luggage carrier including a lazy tong body composed of pivotallyconnected bars, the free extremities of certain of said bars beingapertured, uprights comprising strips having intermediate portions Voftheir` margins bent arcuately in transverse section, whereby to provideintermediate rounded portions and relatively flat terminal extremities,collar and linkunits slidably and rotatably mounted on the uprights andpivotally connected with the apertured'extremities of bars at the bottomof said body, similar collar and link units slidably and rotatablymounted upon the uprights adjacent the top of the body and pivotally andslidably connected to apertured bars thereof, said collar and link unitsbeing formed to olfset the body laterally of said uprights, whereby saiduprights are foldable on the body, and bracket means secured to therelatively flat extremities of said uprights and adapted to engage arunning board. y

6. A luggage carrier end structure including an upright comprising anelongated strip of metal with the margins of the intermediate portionsbent inwardly and brought togetherl inv tubular form, un ,integral footving :in upright comprising un elongated. at the lower extremity of saidupright dis strip of metal Wit-hthe marginsof thernterposed at rightangles thereto and provided mediate portions bent inwardly and brought10 with marginal flanges, and corresponding together in tubular form, anintegral foot 'flanges formed on said upright adjacent at the lowerextremity of said upright and said foot.4 disposed at right anglesthereto.' ZL A luggage carrier end structure includ- EWALD F. PAVVSAT.

